Effects of Kahoot! Application to the Academic Performance in Science of Grade V Pupils
Keywords:
Kahoot! App, cahute, modern teachingAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Researchers concentrated on this study to patronize the 21st Century teaching and moving forward to modern technology education while entertaining the minds of the learners through animation and graphical colors of Kahoot! Application. Kahoot! or in Cahoot means "in partnership" from the French word chute which means cabin or hut, is game-based learning which is very useful in terms of unlocking difficulties, evaluation through quizzes or exams and motivation in teaching while having fun in dealing with learners. Developed by Johan Brand, Jamie Brooker, and Morten Versvik, together with their professor Alf Inge Wang last September 2013 (Hausmanns,2010).It is online free application for teachers that make the instructions awesome while engaging in all contexts of the lessons and subjects. It is somewhat a game which links with cellphones/tablets from teacher's laptop, through the projector as a visual tool. Coming from the teacher's laptop, the learners' tablets link on it. The questions appeared using the laptop -projector and answered by the learners using their tablets. After answering every question, the correct answer appeared on the visual tool, together with the scores of all the learners who join the said application (Quinn, 2017).
METHODS
The research design followed the quasi-experimental through fishbowl random sampling. Implementer on this study consisted of a Grade 6 Science teacher for teaching the 35 controlled groups. After then, the 35 experimental groups at the same testing place, to administer the study with neutrality.
RESULTS
Quantitatively, the data collected consisted of pre-and post-test during the span of this research project. Data analysis showed that participation in action research did effect Kahoot! Application, especially in the area of interests in learning. As a result, Kahoot! Application is statistically significant to the academic performance of the learners and the interest of it.
DISCUSSIONS
